Boyce wrote:
On Mon, 30 Oct 2006, slimbamaguy wrote:
I have an older HP Presario (500MHz) that runs Win98 and WinXP fine.
Wanted to install Ubuntu Linux, but the system will not boot from the
CD.
The BIOS is from 1999, and an update cannot be found. Have tried
another
CD drive to no avail. Anyone know how to get the install process going
without booting up the CD?
Hope you already found a solution but I just joined the list so I'll
volunteer a couple suggestions.
Usually there is a way to boot from floppy if you can't boot from CD
but one easy one is at
http://btmgr.webframe.org/ . I've never used it
but I'm told it is free and easy to use.
If floppy doesn't work for you there is such a thing as network
booting that might be an option. If you need that option let me know
and I can give you some tips that make it fairly easy.
~Ancientt
You should be able to change your boot order in bios to make the cd-rom
the first bootable drive. Not sure what your bios looks like but this
should be the best option.
